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Where do you draw the line when determining whether a fic is R or NC-17 as far as sex goes?

Date: 2010-03-22 12:33 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] rhipowered.livejournal.com
The level of explicitness in language and description. It's...hard to explain, I suppose.

Date: 2010-03-22 12:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exiled-mind.livejournal.com
That's what I figured. I kind of assumed that I would just "know" because exposure to reading other fic, but when it comes time to determine the rating for my own writing I can't seem to decide.

Thanks

Date: 2010-03-22 12:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wesleysgirl.livejournal.com
*I* think R is like an R-rated movie. There might be a mention of breasts, of "arousal," of people "tumbling to the bed and making passionate love until sweat prickled their skin."

NC-17 is PORN. (LOL!) Turgid nipples and throbbing cocks, detailed blow jobs.

Date: 2010-03-22 03:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exiled-mind.livejournal.com
Thanks! I get the difference in that I know what to expect when I click on links with these ratings, but for some reason when it comes time to rate my own stuff I start second and third guessing myself.

Thanks!

Date: 2010-03-22 12:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] froda-baggins.livejournal.com
There is no hard-and-fast rule. (lol, twelve)

Personally, as the other commenters have mentioned, I pretty much go by how explicit the language is, especially regarding anatomy. If it would be a softcore kind of "they made love all night" etc, that's an R. If it's more anatomically specific, like mentions of "cocks" and stuff, that's NC-17.

Date: 2010-03-22 01:18 am (UTC)

Date: 2010-03-22 03:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exiled-mind.livejournal.com
Thanks! I think I have a decent idea of the distiction but I have a habit of second guessing myself...

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